March 11 (UPI) -- Bolivia presented the five pillars of its strategy to combat drug trafficking and transnational organized crime before the international community during a session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna.
At a session Monday, Government Minister Marco Antonio Oviedo said President Rodrigo Paz's administration is advancing a new approach aimed at curbing drug trafficking and reducing illegal and excess coca cultivation.
"Bolivia believes that international policies must be based on updated scientific evidence, proportionality and respect for cultural diversity, always within the framework of the conventions," Oviedo said, according to local outlet FM Bolivia.
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs is the U.N. body in which member states set global drug control policies. It consists of 53 countries from different regions.
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